Commissioned
Commissioned adjective - Given official approval to act.
Elected and commissioned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Elected" instead an adjective "Commissioned".
Elected
Elected adjective - Subject to popular election.
Commissioned and elected are semantically related. You can use "Commissioned" instead an adjective "Elected".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- preferred and commissioned
- preferred and elected
- picked and commissioned
- picked and elected
- chosen and commissioned
- chosen and elected
- assigned and commissioned
- assigned and elected
- approved and commissioned
- approved and elected
- authorized and commissioned
- authorized and elected
- certified and commissioned
- certified and elected
Both words in one sentence
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When the BBC commissioned a public poll to find the "100 Greatest Britons", Oliver Cromwell made the top 10, one of only two elected political leaders (the other was Winston Churchill); although when this top 10 was put to a further nationwide vote to determine "Greatest Briton" he ranked tenth.
Source: Useful Notes / English Civil War
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